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Yes, it’s Portland. But still. This is ridiculous.

Discovered a couple of nights ago, on my nightly slug hunt, that I’ve clay-colored weevils. I guess they’re a type of vine weevil that eats the roots when it’s larval and then the leaves when it’s an adult.

The local nursery recommends a “big hammer” [...]

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Thought I’d try adding stuff to the dirt. While I’m generally an organic guy… and maybe this still is, I’ll have to call in the officials… I thought I’d try fiddling with my soil chemistry a bit.

In one case, I’ve got “crusting” on my soil because of the high clay content. The [...]

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Finished innoculating some logs with shiitake spawn today. Put them out by the shed covered with burlap. Spawn came from Raintree; oak logs came from someone out in McMinnville.

Found out that the big complex frond fern in front is a “Dryopteris affinis ‘Cristata – The King – aka Golden Scaled Male Fern”. [...]